It's an art.

The chicken wing wasn't even pulled up until cunningham gave the touch judge and ear bashing.

Last 5 minutes did you see kylie come in with a head shot on graham?

No penalty



No wonder graham was almost in tears at the whistle, ees a poor lad.

What i would expect from a team with any backbone in this situation is to come back with some niggle. Some facials in the tackle, abit of a grapple tackle (have you seen how many possible grapple tackles just get let go?).

If you watch the game alot of niggle goes on, it's a tough physical game.

Saints haven't really had anyone to niggle since sculthorpe retired.

It's a indication of how much we get under their skin when many og their fans are claiming they hate us more than wigan.

it's all bull from the stains fans quite franky. I remember at headingley last year, Shaun Long covertly punching Carl Ablett in the face. Got nothing for it. And the cheek to call us dirty when their standoff should be in prison?

They're just a soft team, they can give it but they can't take it, and because everyone's been so eager to crawl up their , they don't know how to deal with being second best.

Come on leeds, let's make it a hat-trick of titles

Explain why

saints fans have short memories. Didn't cunningham recently break someones cheekbone after punching them after being tackled?

This story gets better with each telling!!

It was an eye socket and according to Wakey's own clubsite, it wasn't fractured and he definitely played the following week.

Cunningham got a formal warning for a wreckless action. So he got his dues.

they forget chris joynt who spent most of the game in the oppositions defensive line.
then martyn kicks the spare ball to stop an attack.
and they forget two players who disgracfully set up accounts to bet against there own team.

sticks and stones

I am ant1983 over on RedVee. I couldn't resist posting, I have never read so much bile and hatred in my life.

One of them told us to go away as his 8 and 10 year old read the site, then spouted a load of racist abuse about Leeds. You couldn't make it up.

Fair enough. He committed an illegal act, and the RFL gave what they though appropriate action.

This week should be no different.

Not saying that team A or player A is dirtier than team B or player B, but that fans seem not to see their own player's indiscretions

Absolutely. JJB should receive a ban for a chickenwing tackle. So far as I'm concerned, that's all I'd like to see from this match in terms of disciplinary. Maybe a warning letter about the grapple around the neck too as necks should be treated with respect.

I'll accept whatever is handed out. I'm still not certain that it was a chicken wing tackle, although it does look like it, I'm not sure its intentional.

If he gets banned, fair enough

Either the Saints fans whinging on here have [url=http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/rugby-league/sixmonth-ban-may-cost-nickle-his-saints-future-669078.htmlvery short memories[/url, or they are glory hunters that have no knowledge of anything that happened prior to 2005.

Now that was a bad incident, and no mention of a chicken wing!

Perhaps time to simmer down and put the whole thing in some sort of context.

Thats the first time I've ever been on redvee, what a bunch of numptys.

Gloating about Sinfield being injured just tops it off.

Same here, couldn't beleive what I was reading. It was pathetic, seriousley sounded like a bunch of school kids. It was a superb game played by 2 very evenly matched teams who are the best in the comp. There was a bit of needle and some good old bit of fisty cuffs, it was great stuff and something both sides should be proud of being part of.

Very true, I don't think there was anything between the sides on friday and it could very easily gone Saints way, if it had I'm sure some Leeds fans would be moaning about the Saints tackles.

Apart from the crispy chicken tackle I didn't see anything that doesn't happen in any other big game.

Agreed. I thought it was NRL like, the game it's self. Very intense, defences on top, some good old biff

more of the same please... and well done to 2 very good teams.

I thought it was a good game.

I hate Saints fans.

Yes to both.

In fact, when playing well, Saints play the most attractive rugby in the league (except maybe catalans), but their fans are painful to listen to.

What happened on Friday night was the two best teams in the league kicked the living jesus out of each other and it was a fairly close game...good stuff. The result can go both ways and i reckon leeds deserved the win, and the league leaders. I'd be wary of Saints later on in the play offs if they're still there.

If Saints lot are questioning integrity, they should look inwards.

Would this be a suitable time to mention the salary cap???

Nice to see Kieron straight after the game saying how much he enjoyed the game and that he didnt think either team deserved to lose, but Leeds did enough to justify winning the game.

No dummy spit. No blubbing over tackles. No whinging about the ref.

Saints gave just about as good as they got and bar a few flashes of nastiness that game was a cracking advert for our game and one i enjoyed.

No – there is a definite difference between on field cheating and off field cheating.

Off field cheating can be passed of as 'an administrational error'.

Except for betting anomalies of course ?

Obviously – but know one would be THAT stupid now would they?

No, maybe not.

Maybe they'd register under a different name so it couldn't be linked to them.

No wait, the bank account details would link back to them wouldn't they ?

Yeah you're right, no rugby league player would be THAT stupid.

That could be the write up for Dumb and Dumber!!